How can I use Scala’s Built-in Direct-FTP Server when my IC3 Player is behind a NAT or is using dynamic IP (and therefore can’t use Player Direct-FTP)?

You can use the built-in Direct-FTP server with your player polling (job command)folders on your Netowrk Manager system. You need to do a couple of things on the Network Manager side first, before you configure your IC3 Players.

In the default installation, InfoChannel 3 creates a bunch of folders in the Documents and Settings tree. If you navigate to:

C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsScalaNetwork TransmissionOutbox

You should see a sample player folder. Create a player-polling folder for each of your IC3 Players first. So you might have:

C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsScalaNetwork TransmissionOutboxPlayer1
C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsScalaNetwork TransmissionOutboxPlayer2
C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsScalaNetwork TransmissionOutboxPlayer3
C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsScalaNetwork TransmissionOutboxPlayer4
C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsScalaNetwork TransmissionOutboxPlayer5

etc.

In Network Manager / Configure / Players you can set a path for each IC3 Player as Local or Shared Folder since the Job Command folders are local to Network Manager. Example for Player1:

Send Job Commands via: Custom
Player’s Job Folder: Local or Shared Folder
Folder: C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsScalaNetwork TransmissionOutboxPlayer1

In Network Manager / Configure / System Settings /Edit Settings set Server Direct-FTP as the following:

Network Manager’s Host Address: {NetManager’s Host or IP Address}
Send and Receive Data via: Server Direct-FTP
Password: {password}
NOTE: You need to change this password (8 or characters), and use this password when configuring your IC3 Players.

In Configure Player 3 utility for each IC3 Player set the following:

Receive Jobs Command via: Custom
Player Job Folder: FTP
NOTE: Click the “FTP folder” button. Use the following in the dialog box:

URL: ftp:// {NetManager’s Host or IP Address}/Outbox/{PlayerJobCommadFolderName}
NOTE: This is the full URL to the polling folder created above. It would be something like ftp://192.168.10.60/Outbox/Player1 where 192.168.10.60 is the IP address of your Network Manager machine.
Username: InfoChannel-Player
NOTE: The username MUST be “InfoChannel-Player” (without the quotes).
Password: {password}
NOTE: This is the password you modified in the Network Manager system settings page.